As the 150th anniversary of the start of the U.S. Civil War is commemorated, the argument continues over just what caused it. Slavery? Northern tariffs? State's rights? Sociologist James W. Loewen has written a
column in The Washington Post that debunks, he says, some of the myths.
column in The Washington Post that debunks, he says, some of the myths. Certainly a topic of interest here in the first Capitol of The Confederacy.
I've always wondered why states rights is mentioned so frequently, since The Confederate Constitution didn't grant the states any more rights than the U.S. Constitution.
Also today, The Associated Press is out with a lengthy story about this year's Civil War Anniversary, but Alabama is mentioned only once, in reference to the states a vacationing family has been to during their personal Civil War Trail journey.
Also today, The Associated Press is out with a lengthy story about this year's Civil War Anniversary, but Alabama is mentioned only once, in reference to the states a vacationing family has been to during their personal Civil War Trail journey.
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